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INDEX. 



Aldrovandus, tlie natural historian, 

 his credulity, liberality, and mislor- 

 tunes, iii. 412. 



Algazel, a kind of ffazelle, ii. 43. 



Alaiers, earthquakes there 1755, 186 

 a, 1825, 87 n. 



Alligator, the, distinguished from the 

 crocodile, Iv. 116and n. See Cayman. 



Alps, description of a person ascending 

 the, i. 105 ; rocks fall from them, 

 ill; clefts in them, 112; spaniel of 

 the, described, its exertions for de. 

 livering travellers from the snow, iL 

 207 n. ; one that saved twenty-two 

 lives, history of, 208 n. 



Amazon river, largest in America, its 

 course, &c. i. 155 n. 



Ambergris, a perfume obtained from 

 the cachalot, iii. 481 and n. ; how ob- 

 tained, ib. and 482. 



Ambrose, St, his credulity with respect 

 to the halcyon, iii. 433. 



Americans, their pains in dressing 

 their hair, i. 323 ; native, described, 

 401 — 403 ; characteristics of the race, 

 401 n.; relative position of America, 

 ib. ; its animals compared with those 

 of the other hemisphere, 461 ; its 

 horses, of what breed, 471, 472 n. 



Amia, a fish, noticed, iii. 544. 



Ammodytes, a soft-finned fish, iii. 537 ; 

 a kind of viper, where found, iv. 

 174 n. ; its characteristics and bite, ib. 



Amour, a river of Tartary, i. 150. 



Amphibious quadrupeds, their charac- 

 teristics, ii. 375, 376. 



Amphisbsna, or double-headed ser- 

 pent, iv. 186; its remarkable mo- 

 tions, ib. 



Anaconda, a name applied to all the 

 larger serpents, iv. 189 n. See Boa 

 Constrictor. 



Anacreon, his verses on the swallow, 

 iii. 287 n. 



Anarchicas, the wolf-fish, iii. 536. 



Andes, volcanoes in the, i. 68 n. 76 ; 

 Ulloa's description of the, i. 106— lua 



Androdus or Androcles, the story of, 

 by Aulus Gellius, ii. 154 u. 



Anemometers, instruments to measure 

 the velocity of the wind, i. 238; their 

 imperfections, 239. 



Anemone, sea, properties of the, iv. 

 411 u ; Actinia, ib. 



Angola breeds of sheep described, ii. 

 14 n. 



Angora, goat of, described, ii. 28. 



-\nhima, a kind of crane foimd in Bra- 

 zil, described, iii. 321 



Anliingas, account of the bird, iii. 377 n. 



Animal remains, i. 30. See Fossils. 



Animals distinguished from vegeta- 

 bles, i. &74 ; how they blend to- 

 gether, 275 ; resemblances of animals 

 and vegetables in afl'ection, ib. ; in 

 the climates in which they luxuriate, 

 276 ; iu the oce;in, 277 ; how few 



useful to man, 279; consume one 

 another, ib. ; the small numerous, tlie 

 large ferocious, 279, 280 ; their gene- 

 ration, 281; distinguished thereby, 

 284; some multiplied by cutting, 

 285 (see Generation,) ; their compara. 

 tive perfection, 298, 300 ; great va- 

 riety of, i. 438 ; use of systematic 

 division of, 439 ; defects of, 440, 411 ; 

 systems of different authors, 441—. 

 445 ; the classification used in tbi 

 work, 445 — 449 ; the wild and do 

 mestic, 458; affected by food, cli- 

 mate, &c. 459 ; size of, in different 

 continents, 401, 4<32. 

 Ant, ancient fame of the, iv. 358 ; mo. 

 dern doubts, 359; varieties of ap- 

 pearance, ib. ; the body of the, de. 

 scribed, ib. ; display of forces, ib. 

 360 ; divisions in respect of sex, 360 ; 

 male and female, ib. ; the working 

 class, ib. ; their hills, ib. 361 ; ob- 

 jects of labour, 361 ; contests with 

 one another, ib. and n. and 362 n.; 

 female and eggs, 362 — 365 f maggot 

 state, 365 — 367 ; care of the female, 

 367—371 ; loss of wings, 371 ; pre- 

 parations of the workers for winter, 

 371, 372 ; sizeof the hills iu tropical 

 countries, 372 ; the African species, 

 ib. ; migrations, 373 ; varieties, 3ci2 

 n. ; the wood ant or pismire, how 

 distinguished, ib. ; nest and provi- 

 sions, ib. S63 n. ; architecture of its 

 hUl, 363, 361 n. ; changes in its form, 

 364, 365 n. ; carpenter ants, why so 

 named, 365 n.; that of South America, 

 ib. ; that observed in New South 

 Wales by Captain Cook, ib. 366 n. ; 

 sugar ants of the West Indies, 



366 n. ; the white ant, ib. ; labour- 

 ers, ib. ; soldiers, ib. 367 n. ; gentry, 



367 n. ; their enemies, ib. ; distension 

 of the abdomen of the queen, ib. ; 

 hills, their size, 368 n. ; royal cham- 

 ber, ib. 369 n. ; nurseries, ib. ; beha. 

 viour of the soldiers when theii' hill 

 is attacked, 370, 371 n. 



Ant-bear, one of the animals that live 

 on ants, ii. 532 ; vaiieties, ib. 534 n. ; 

 described, 532 ; its snout, 533; mouth, 

 ib. ; tongue, ib. ; helplessness, ib. ; 

 residence, ib. ; food, ib. ; method of 

 taking ants, 634 ; manner of defence, 

 ib. 



Antelope, animals of that kind, ii. 33 

 and n.-, the class scientifically describ. 

 ed, ib. and 34 n. -, their pasture, flesh, 

 &c. .34 n. ; their beauty, ib. ; their 

 eyes, 35 n. ; the antelope described, 

 45; the Indian, ib. and 45, 46 n. ; theii 

 herds in India, 46 n. ; how hunted, 47 

 n. ; Cervine, where found, 53 n. ; de- 

 scribed by Sparrman, ib. and 54 n. ; 

 elk, described, 52 n. ; method of hunt, 

 iug, ib. ; pigmy, 49 and n.; Scythian, 

 described, 54 n. ; its habitations, ib. ; 



